We walked into the room. We were both dressed in the clothes we went to the party in. As I started to undo the bow tie, she looked at me before she undid her new necklace. She placed it on the nightstand, then proceeded to sit on the bed to unlatch her shoes. As she looked over at me, she smiled.
"Do you really want me to marry you, Leo?"
I looked at her cautiously before smiling.
"I never say things I don't mean, Beloved. I thought you knew that about me."
She smiled.
"A girl needs to be sure. Does this have to do with my present situation?"
She laid back on the bed, without her underwear before hiking her skirt up. I walked over and bent on one knee before starting to kiss up from her knee along her inner thigh before teasing her. I could hear her breathing get a bit more erratic as my tongue teased closer before I climbed up and kissed her deeply. She returned it before looking me in my eyes.
"I mean it though. Why ask now?"
I sighed before laying next to her. One arm went under her neck and rolled her to face me while the other went around her waist.
"Because I have been thinking about it for a while. The last few months really. At first, it was an idea. But with everything we have been through together, it became more and more of a thought. You gave me more to think about when you told me yes with the ring. It just felt like time. Tonight, when you slapped me across my face..."
"I'm sorry about that, Leo. I didn't mean to..."